A local caregiver is considered a "guardian angel" for taking in a Cleveland motorist, 93, who ended up in Eaton Rapids after being lost for 13 hours.

The caregiver, Nancy Gill, said Edward Talman thought he was still in Ohio when Gill's son Derek Lawrence found him stranded at about midnight last week on M-50 near Bellevue Highway.

"We're just glad we could help," said Gill, who works at Vista Grande Villa Retirement Community in Blackman Township.

Brian Blanchard, Talman's son-in-law, said Gill and Lawrence  who allowed the elderly man to spend the night at their home  saved his father-in-law's life. "(Gill) was really just more than a good Samaritan," Blanchard said. "She took a chance and saw this person in need."

Blanchard, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, said Talman was just going to run an errand. His family was worried after several hours of not hearing from him. "He ended up in the home of a very caring woman," Blanchard said. "We call her our guardian angel."